as in country
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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Recent Examples of countryside
Maiduguri city had been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
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CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Families with children or elderly relatives have largely evacuated to the countryside or the Caspian coast.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The pump station is housed in a charming, English countryside-style cottage.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Families with children or elderly relatives have largely evacuated to the countryside or the Caspian coast.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The pump station is housed in a charming, English countryside-style cottage.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryside
Noun
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Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defense council, visited the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan in the past week and said the drone defenses were deployed in those countries.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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In a telephone interview with Kyodo News on Friday, Araghchi denied closing the passageway, insisting instead that countries attacking Iran face restrictions, while others were being offered assistance.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere comeback that leads to an 85-83 double-overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The series, the tale of a wealthy family forced to start from scratch in the middle-of-nowhere town of the title, amassed a cult following during the pandemic.—
Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Arriving in the Coachella Valley, with its impossibly blue skies and neighboring Joshua Tree wilderness, one's sense of scale and perspective soon recalibrates; a prerequisite, perhaps, for experiencing a city that has long served as refuge.—
Sophie Morgan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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At the southernmost tip of South America lies a 400,000-acre wilderness once considered too desolate to survive.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryside. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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